Digg Headlines
(1 diggs) Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 2)
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 2)
From the first steam engine to have ever been invented, to jet turbine engines inside F-16s, they all play a key role in getting humans from point A to B and making our lives and work easier.
Most engines use what is known as a four-stroke combustion cycle. This process was invented by Nikolaus Otto in 1867, which is why it is also known as the Otto cycle. The Otto cycles first stroke is the intake stroke. In this stroke, fuel and air are
su...
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 2)From the first steam engine to have ever been invented, to jet turbine engines inside F-16s, they all play a key role in getting humans from point A to B and making our lives and work easier.
Most engines use what is known as a four-stroke combustion cycle. This process was invented by Nikolaus Otto in 1867, which is why it is also known as the Otto cycle. The Otto cycles first stroke is the intake stroke. In this stroke, fuel and air are
su...
(395 diggs) Man Builds Street-Legal Batmobile That Goes 185 MPH Using Turbine Engine
The vehicle is a replica from the 1989 Batman movie directed by Tim Burton and has a top speed of 185 MPH! It only took Putsch 5 months to build the car using military surplus and race car parts.
The vehicle is a replica from the 1989 Batman movie directed by Tim Burton and has a top speed of 185 MPH! It only took Putsch 5 months to build the car using military surplus and race car parts.
(1 diggs) Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 3)
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 3)
Aside from increasing displacement or adding cylinders, there are also many other affordable and easy ways to boost an engines power.
One way is to increase the compression ratio. The more compressed the fuel and air mixture inside of the engine, the more power it will give when it combusts. However, the highly compressed mixture has the tendency to spontaneously combust. This results
in wasted fuel and power, along with chances of damaging you...
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 3)Aside from increasing displacement or adding cylinders, there are also many other affordable and easy ways to boost an engines power.
One way is to increase the compression ratio. The more compressed the fuel and air mixture inside of the engine, the more power it will give when it combusts. However, the highly compressed mixture has the tendency to spontaneously combust. This results
in wasted fuel and power, along with chances of damaging you...
(1 diggs) Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 4)
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 4)
The final, easy and affordable way to increase the power output of an engine is to swap the old carburetor and install electronic fuel injection, abbreviated as EFI.
EFI is utilized in cars that have an Engine Control Unit (ECU), since the ECU monitors the exhaust outflow, air inflow, and responds to the drivers input to adjust the amount of fuel injected into the cylinder. Typically, EFI is a great performance increaser
as well as increasing...
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 4)The final, easy and affordable way to increase the power output of an engine is to swap the old carburetor and install electronic fuel injection, abbreviated as EFI.
EFI is utilized in cars that have an Engine Control Unit (ECU), since the ECU monitors the exhaust outflow, air inflow, and responds to the drivers input to adjust the amount of fuel injected into the cylinder. Typically, EFI is a great performance increaser
as well as increasing...
(1 diggs) Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 1)
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 1)
Throughout the many years of auto racing, engineers have strived to find bigger, better, and lighter engines than ever before. The engine in a car is the heart of the machine. It makes the vehicle go, stop, turn, and do everything else that normal drivers
take for granted. Auto racing engineers see it as a whole different piece of machinery. An everyday driver never thinks about the engine until a problem occurs. But engineers have to make sure...
Engines: The Power Behind Auto Racing (Part 1)Throughout the many years of auto racing, engineers have strived to find bigger, better, and lighter engines than ever before. The engine in a car is the heart of the machine. It makes the vehicle go, stop, turn, and do everything else that normal drivers
take for granted. Auto racing engineers see it as a whole different piece of machinery. An everyday driver never thinks about the engine until a problem occurs. But engineers have to make sure...
The powerful engine modern off-highway vehicle
car engine part
car engine part
